Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke) has achieved an Ingress Protection (IP) certification for its Miniature Radar Altimeters (MRA).This will deliver UAS operators greater flexibility in mission types, including recovery from water, and reduced operating costs. Continue reading
Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems
DARPA & Rockwell Collins Embed GPS in sUAS
Engineers at Rockwell Collins and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are embedding GPS navigation capability onto radios and even small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
ING Robotic Aviation and Sagetech Corporation Demonstrate Sense-and-Avoid in Canada
ING Robotic Aviation and Sagetech Corporation teamed to make Canadian aviation history back in November, as a manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flew in shared airspace. Continue reading
SBG Systems Launches New Family of MEMS-based Tactical Grade Inertial Systems
SBG Systems has launched its Ekinox Series, a new product range of tactical grade inertial systems which brings robust and cost-effective MEMS to the Fibre Optic Gyro (FOG) level. Continue reading
VectorNav Supplies IMU for Unmanned Innovation Autopilot Development Platform
Unmanned Innovation, a provider of development platforms for unmanned aircraft systems, has partnered with VectorNav Technologies to integrate VectorNav’s VN-100 inertial measurement unit (IMU) into Unmanned Innovation’s os-Series Autopilots. Continue reading
DDC Introduces New Solid-State Power Controllers for Unmanned Systems
Data Device Corporation (DDC) has introduced its latest and most advanced generation of solid-state power controllers (SSPC) featuring on-board DC-to-DC converters to simplify power supply requirements, a new command interface to reduce bus traffic, and enhanced digital discrete control capability designed to improve system integration. Continue reading
Miniature Radar Altimeter Supports Sea-skimming UAV Test
Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke) supplied its Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) in a successful flight test of a sea-skimming UAV designed to mimic the threat of an incoming missile. Continue reading
Curtiss-Wright Introduces Rugged Computer for Radar Processing in UAS
Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in High Wycombe, England, is shipping an enhanced version of its MPMC-9335 multi-platform mission computer (MPMC) for demanding compute-intensive applications such as image, data and radar processing in space-, weight-, and power-constrained uses such as unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles. Continue reading